Luck

Forwarding on chain emails

Always brings me luck.

It's how I got my council flat

And all my unemployment money.

I saw a cat today and it was an omen.

My friend should go to university,

It'll make him rich.

I texted him to say.

Texting makes me happy.

I better hope for a sign,

The sound of birdsong like a ringtone,

It'll stave off losing my phone.

Ella Fitzgerald singing of luck,

Calmness before I finish dead.

The urgent miaow of a hungry cat

Sends shivers and three shakes.

Luck comes in triangles.

Luck is secret, even from God.

Announce it and unluck will follow,

Announce it and you will fall apart.